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Euro 2008: Portugal’s key players

Big Phil with plenty of talent at his disposal

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Moid Siddiqui from Pakistan gives his thoughts on Portugal’s key players in Austria and Switzerland. Do you agree with him? Join in using the form below.


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by Moid Siddiqui

The Key Players

MAJESTIC MIDFIELD:

Without a doubt Portugal’s midfield is considered one of the best in the world, they have the versatile playmakers who can create, assist and score at any time and are a real back bone of the team, they have the skilful Deco, the experienced Petit and the addition of new energetic players like Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veloso and Raul Meireles have made a great impact and have boosted the squad along with the stability.

TRICKY WINGERS:

Ricardo Quaresma, Simao Sabrosa,Nani...u cant have such an example of so many tricky, efficient wingers in one team, they have all the tricks and efficiency in the bag, and the capability to score at crucial moments.

Nani (The Champions league winner with Man Utd) will be a player to look for and Especially Quaresma, the portuguese liga’s best player, is the main man to watch and he himself told that he is ready to make a mark in the euros as he was unjustly omitted from the 2006 world cup in Germany. And he is ready to make a magnificent partnership with C.Ronaldo.

CLASSY STRIKER:

As Portugal mostly prefer one striker so Nuno Gomes will be mainly in front, he is a perfect man to lead the attack and has a classy finishing stlye. And will surely be ready to score more and more, with the great assistance from the mid field.

CHARISMATIC CRISTIANO RONALDO:

The best player in the world, the top scorer with 42 goals in the season, The English Premier League title holder for the second consecutive time,PFA player of the year, players player of the year, fans player of the year, Sir Matt Busby player of the year, Man Utd Player of the year, Uefa champions league player of the year, and finally led Manchester United to there 3rd Uefa Champions League winner, he was the top scorer in champions league too with 8 goals and got the most crucial goal in the final which gave manutd the lead, later he missed a penalty in the shoot-out but if it was not for his goal in the normal time, manutd wouldn’t have reached to the shoot out, and finally won 6-5 on penalties(1-1 a.e.t).He played a main role in the whole campaign in which Man Utd remained unbeaten. A phenomenal record.

What else u want in such a decorated CV ,a Euro trophy and it cant be a better time then this ,he is in the form of his life, unstoppable ,flawless and with amazing accuracy and speed.

He must be very keen to lead Portugal to the European glory, He has more responsibility on his shoulders now after the legendary Luis Figo’s retirement. He is doing a great job, he has taken over Figo’s title of "The Wonder Boy Of Portugal" and is sure and all pumped up to get the first ever Euro trophy for Portugal.

FORMATION:

The advantage which Scolari has is that his team can play in many different formations like the preferred one 4-2-3-1 or can any time change in to 4-3-3, 3-4-3 or 5-4-1.

So best of luck to The Big Phil and his men.



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